IDC: Smartphone shipments to decrease for a third year in a row

IDC has published s forecast on the phone market for 2019 and beyond and it expects more tough times. This year will be another year of negative growth for global smartphone shipments - an estimated 1.39 billion units will be moved in 2019, which is 0.8% less than in 2018. The longer replacement cycles and geopolitical tensions were quoted as the reasons for the less-than-optimistic forecast. On a more positive note, the second half of 2019 is expected to be a turning point with phone shipments returning to modest growth and maintaining it all the way to 2023. Naturally trying to make...

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